July 30th News

It's a new week starting, and there are some new stories to go with it.

New stories as of 3:11 PM:

Archaeologist Uncover Possible Medieval Mosque In Sicily
Physorg
Earlier this summer, while standing in an archaeological pit adjacent to an ancient hilltop castle in west-central Sicily, Northern Illinois University graduate student Bill Balco could literally reach out and touch the centuries—even the millennia...
http://www.physorg.com/news105029488.html

New stories as of 11:52 AM:

Medieval Mosque Discovered In Sicily
Monsters and Critics
DEKALB, IL, United States (UPI) -- U.S. archaeologists working at a dig in Sicily have uncovered what is believed to be the ruins of a 9th or 10th century medieval mosque...
http://science.monstersandcritics.com/news/article_1336672.php/Medieval_mosque_discovered_in_Sicily
Also published in:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/88289.html

EU Officials Urge Halt To Tara Motorway Work
Evening Echo
EU officials have called on the Government to halt work on part of the M3 motorway after concern was expressed about the impact on newly discovered ruins at the Hill of Tara, it emerged today...
http://www.eveningecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=226829328&p=zz683xx34&n=226830088

Viking Graves Discovered
The Post Chronicle
An estimated 120 graves and a large hall are among the new evidence archaeologists recently discovered of Norway's Viking past...
http://www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_21294934.shtml
Also located at:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/88166.html

Egypt's Largest Pharaoh-Era Fortress Discovered, Experts Announce
Kazinform
NEW YORK. July 30. KAZINFORM. The largest known fortress from ancient Egypt's days of the pharaohs has been unearthed near the Suez Canal, archaeologists announced on Sunday...
http://www.inform.kz/showarticle.php?lang=eng&id=153959

Up Close With Saxon Ancestors
EDP24
More tantalising glimpses of a 1200-year-old civilisation have emerged from the chalky soil of a Norfolk wheat field...
http://new.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=EDPOnline&category=News&tBrand=EDPOnline&tCategory=news&itemid=NOED30%20Jul%202007%2010%3A32%3A54%3A897